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Is centrum ultra-processed?

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Pack of centrum

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 13 additives

Less processed dietary supplements

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Acacia, BHT, Calcium Stearate, Carmine, Citric acid, corn starch, crospovidone, FD&C blue no.2, Aluminum Lake, gelatin, glucose syrup, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, maltodextrin, medium chain triglycerides, microcrystaline cellulose, modified food starch, polydextrose, silicon dioxide, sodium ascorbate, sucrose, talc, tataric acid, titanium dioxide, trisodium citrate

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E1202 Polyvinylpolypyrrolidone , E171 Titanium dioxide , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E428 Gelatine , E460 Cellulose , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E553 Magnesium silicates , E553b Talc , E572 Magnesium stearate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E460 Cellulose.

As written on the pack

Acacia, BHT, Calcium Stearate, Carmine, Citric acid, corn starch, crospovidone, FD&C blue no.2, Aluminum Lake, gelatin, glucose syrup, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, maltodextrin, medium chain triglycerides, microcrystaline cellulose, modified food starch, polydextrose, silicon dioxide, sodium ascorbate, sucrose, talc, tataric acid, titanium dioxide, trisodium citrate.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
2 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,145 dietary supplements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 994th. 90% of the dietary supplements here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 1,145 dietary supplements, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0062107084918, last edited 1 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.